Chapter 17-
Nora walked behind Soulsist as he led her to an unknown room. He typed a secret code in and the door slid away to show a large room with medical equipment.
"Sit on the bed, wait here" with that said, Soulsist left.
Nora sighed before taking a seat on the medbed. After a few minutes of waiting, Soulsist came back with another Reach. This Reach was a deep gold and red.
"Nora Night, this is Healer 39:5, she will be giving you a 'check-up' to make sure you are in excellent health" the giant beetle informed.
Nora nodded.
After the check-up, Nora and Black went to a deserted, rocky island. Once they landed, Nora looked around and noticed that most of the rocks were burned.
"Where are we?" the girl asked her friend.
"Malayna Island" the male monotoned, a slight growl in his voice.
"Krolotaians and the heroes" Soulsist murmured, "the Krolotaians and the heroes fought, the heroes planted a bomb and left the Krolotaians to die"
Nora gasped and covered her mouth, not because of what the heroes did but because she knew it wasn't true/ She decided to play along until she knew why he would accuse them.
"Were there any survivors?"
"Not that we know of"
Nora nodded slowly and found herself touching the center of his Scarabs back. After a second of touching the Scarab, Soulsist collapsed to his knees and began coughing. The 15-year-old gasped and pulled her hand away before kneeling next to him.
"OMI-GOD! Are You Alright?!" Nora asked in worry.
Slowly, Soulsist stopped coughing and the Scarabs suit of armour retracted.
A 17-year-old Reach with grass-green skin, no hair and glowing scarlet eyes wearing only black shorts was revealed.
Nora stared at him with wide eyes and jaw slightly dropped before recovering.
"Soulsist?" Nora asked cautiously.
The boy's eyes lifted and stared at her, "Nora? H-how did you *Cough* how did you get me Off Mode?"
The girl couldn't help but stare at the boy.
"I just touched the Scarab" Nora whispered, confused, before everything caught up to her, "Oh No! I Broke It, Didn't I?! I Am So Sorry! Can You Fix It?! Is It Permin-"
"Nora calm down" the unarmoured Soulsist stopped her rambling, "Off Mode is good, On Mode is bad. I was controlled for 4 years and you freed me. Thank you"
The 15-year-old stared at the 17-year-old in shock.
"Um... Your welcome" Nora replied before helping him stand, "so do you have to act controlled or can we run away?"
"'We'?"
"Yeah... I mean, you don't really know this planet and-"
Nora stopped talking when he held up a hand and reactivated his armour.
"I will pretend to be On Mode until further notice"